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The Selfish Giant

1971 film
Movie short_film Q1199612
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Summary

The Selfish Giant is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Peter Sander[3]
  • Composer: Ron Goodwin[4]
  • Genre: fantasy film[5], drama film[6]
  • Producer: Murray Shostak[7]
  • Language of work or name: English[8]
  • Color: color[9]
  • Country of origin: Canada[10]
  • Publication date: 1971[11]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[12]
  • Title: The Selfish Giant[13]
  • After a work by: Oscar Wilde[14]
  • Duration: 26 minutes[15]

Why It Matters

The Selfish Giant is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Allociné film id → 61419
    Color → color
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W080322, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
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